HUMBOLDT — This is part three of a 14-part series following Nina Froggatte’s journey through police training at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center, Hutchinson. The police academy is part of Kansas University’s curriculum.
Nina Froggatte passed her test this week with flying colors, she said, but was anticipating the toughest exam so far Monday.
The exam encompassed Rules of Evidence, escorting while not under arrest, and building searches.
Instruction on building searches got her out of the classroom last week. Organized in groups of three, the students focused on the correct way to enter a building, having one another’s backs and the proper way to hold their guns. The emphasis was caution, though the instructor lightened the mood with jokes, she said.
Physical training and defense tactics began last week. Froggatte said because of the heightened physical activity she fell asleep halfway through a recreational viewing of the movie “Zodiac.”
“Looks like we will be doing work on some different patrol classes, theft and robbery, financial crimes and there is an officer survival lecture this week,” Froggatte said.
She was hoping that some work on arrests and processing evidence would take her out of the classroom this week.
